Agriculture in the Classroom - Canada (AITC-Canada), representing eight provincial Agriculture in the Classroom organizations, will participate for the sixth year in a newly expanded format Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month (formerly Canadian Agriculture Literacy Week) in schools across Canada for the month of March. AgScape® is proud to be the voice of Agriculture in the Classroom Ontario.
Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month (CALM) is a hands-on program that encourages children to learn about and celebrate agriculture in various ways, including reading books about farming, watching videos and meeting with farmers and others in the agriculture industry. Building awareness for students on the connection they have to local farmers and agriculture industry representatives is important to the success of CALM.
“Our Food. Our Story.” is this year’s theme. AITC-Canada organizations will deliver to over 30,000 students in over 800 classrooms across Canada in March.
“The importance of coast to coast agriculture literacy is never better served than by Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month in March– dedicated to enriching knowledge about our most important natural resource…food!” says Colleen Smith, AgScape® Executive Director. “We continue to be proud partners representing Ontario – visit AgScape’s website for local information!”
Source: AGscape